# Log and Traces correlation

> This 5 minute video highlights how bidirectional linking helps connect detailed logs to distributed traces for better system insight.

Source: https://openobserve.ai/webinars-videos/log-and-traces-correlation/
Published: 2025-04-18
Authors: Prabhat Sharma
Duration: 5 minutes

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This video shows how to correlate logs and traces within the OpenObserve platform.

## What you'll learn

- Learn how to jump from a trace to its logs, or vice versa, with simple UI actions
- How trace ID enables log correlation.
- How to use span IDs for deeper correlation, letting you view logs tied to specific spans.
- Watch a full workflow: run the app, explore logs, metrics, traces, and click through to correlated data.

This video shows how to correlate logs and traces within the OpenObserve platform. Watch as we walk through a demo app sending logs, metrics, and traces to OpenObserve, and demonstrate how to navigate between traces and related logs using trace and span IDs. The video highlights how this bidirectional linking helps connect detailed logs to distributed traces for better system insight.

## Resources

- [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/openobserve/openobserve)